Energy

Total South Africa, today, 14 August 2017, officially announced the conclusion of the 2016 leg of the Total Startupper of the Year Challenge. The 2016 leg, which was the third iteration of the challenge, kicked off in October 2016 in South Africa and 33 other African countries. South Africa’s Startuppers of the Year have gone

Efacec has produced and installed the largest and powerful transformer in Angola. It is the first of seven power transformers that equips the Hydrolectric Power Plant, located in the province of Malanje. Once the power transformer starts...

The Federal Government has said it relies heavily on the Dangote refinery to fulfill its promise to Nigerians to end fuel importation by December 2019. To this end, Ibe Kachikwu, Nigerian Minister of State for Petroleum Resources,who...

The fifth annual POWER-GEN & DistribuTECH Africa in July, to explore power solutions and discuss strategies and technologies for power sector growth on the continent. With the urgent need for stable and affordable power across Africa a...

Total and Worldline signed binding technological, commercial and financing agreements with African fintech InTouch. Under the agreements, Total and Worldline will support the deployment of the Guichet Unique solution in eight African countries — Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire,...

Russian energy group Rosatom today, 19 July 2017, signed a Memorandum of Understanding on support and cooperation with the African Young Generation in Nuclear organisation, at the POWER-GEN & DistribuTECH Africa conference and exhibition in Sandton. Rosatom,...

Downtown Bujumbura just got a little brighter, thanks to an innovative partnership between Mayor Freddy MBONIMPA and Gigawatt Global, a founding member of United States Power Africa’s Beyond the Grid program. This week solar-powered ‘light islands’ began...

power experts attending POWER-GEN and DistribuTECH Africa this week predict that Africa could share infrastructure, knowledge and skills to take affordable, reliable and cleaner power across the continent. Speaking at the opening at the Sandton Convention Centre...

The South African Minister of Public Enterprises, Lynne Brown, has ordered a deep dive independent investigation into Eskom’s affairs over for the past ten years, as well as several short-term investigations by the new Eskom interim board....

Eskom is set to showcase its advanced technologies and operating models at Africa’s premier power sector conference and expo in Sandton from 18 July 2017. As the host utility at POWER-GEN & DistribuTECH Africa, Eskom will lead...